TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 30, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the implementation of a law that would ban the app TikTok or force its sale. He argues he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue, Reuters reports. The court is set to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10, 2025. The law would require TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the platform to an American company or face a ban. The U.S. Congress voted in April to ban the app unless ByteDance sells it by Jan. 19, 2025. In 2020, Trump tried to block the app in the United States and force its sale to American companies because of its Chinese ownership. According to the report, Trump met with TikTok’s CEO in December after expressing that he had a "warm spot" for the app and favored allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States for at least a little while.